Combined head-chair and connecting-rod



(No Model.) v W. J. HOOPER.

COMBINED HEAD CHAIR AND GONNETING ROD. No. 896,487. Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

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NITED STATES.

ATENT FFICE.

WLLIAM J. HOOPER, OF RINCON, TERRTTORY F NEV MEXCO.

COMBINED HEAD-CHAIR AND CONNECTING-ROD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,48*?, dated January 22, 1889. Application filed Februaryl, 1888. Serial No. 264,149. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. HOOPER, of Rincon, in the county of Dona Ana and 'lerritory of New Mexico, have invented a new and Improved Combined Head-Chair an d Connect-ing Rod for Railway Switches, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improvement in head-chairs and connecting-rods for railway-switches, and has for its object to provide a railway head-chair and switch connectingrod so constructed and arranged as to render the parts strong and durable.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figuresof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 illustrates in plan view the invention in position for use at a switch. a detail representing the head chair detached. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line a: or, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line y y, Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line .52', Fig. 1, with parts broken away.

In the construction of this invention a headchair, 1, of cast or wrought iron, is employed, which is formed with a base-plate, 2, and partition-bar 3, extending erosswise thereof. Metallic plates -1 4, 5 5, and 6, having iianges 7 7, are secured to base-plate 2 by bolts 8, the

Banged plates 5 5 and flanged plate 6 form-4 ing recesses 9, in which rest the ends of fixed main and branch rails 11, and the flanged plates 4 4 forming a recess, 12, in which the end of a throw-rail, 13, is located and adapted to move freely. A head-chair constructed as above described is strong, durable, and cheap.

The partition-bar 3 prevents the fixed rails and throw-rail from coming in contact and being jammed by creeping or otherwise. To form a strong and durable connection for the throw-rails and switch-operating mechanism the following construction is employed:

The throw-rails 13 are connected by a flat Fig. e is bar or rod, 14, having enlarged square ends 15, shaped to tit against the web of the rail and the head and flange, one of said ends 15 being bolted to outer throw-rail, 13, and a rnetallic plate, 1G, shaped and fit-ted to said rail similarly to end l5, and the other end 15 being bolted to inner throw-rail, 13, and to a plate, 17, fitting against said rail and forming the enlarged end ot' a bar or rod, 1S. The latter may be connected with any switch-operating mechanism, and, as here shown, is bolted to a connecting-rod,19,having a pivoted link, 20, secured to a switch-lever, 21. The headchair 1 is formed with notches 22 at its corners and is secured to tie 23 by bolts 24, located in said notches. By means of a throwrail connection constructed in this manner, if any of the parts become worn or broken they may be easily and quickly replaced.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. ln a switch, the combination, with the throw-rails 13, ot' the rod or bar 14, having enlarged ends 15, which it the web on the inner sides of the rails, outer plates, 17 18, littin g the webs of the rails and bolted through the rails to said ends 15, and the switch-ban 1S, connected with said outer plate, 17, whereby the rails will be firmly connected above the plane ot the top edges of the chair-sockets, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with throw-rails 13, of rod or bar 14, having enlarged ends 15, fit-ted to said rails, one of which is bolted to the outer throw-rail, 13, and a plate, 1G, fitted. thereto and the other to the innerthrow-rail, 13, and the enlarged end 17, having a rod or bar, 1S, connected with a switch-operating mechanism, substantially as described.

VlLLlAM J.' HOOPER.

Witnesses:

TILLIAM 1I. REYNOLDS, WILLIAM McDoNALD. 

